Florida Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria is not pondering a managerial change just yet

Just spoke with Marlins president David Samson about the team’s skid, which he called “an unprecedented bad stretch” that the front office, as we might expect, is “disappointed” about.

Samson did not say anything definitive about the future of manager Edwin Rodriguez, only that Samson and owner Jeffrey Loria had not “pondered” a managerial change, although he sounded like he left that door open a bit.

Samson chose his words carefully. Draw your own conclusion. Here’s the transcript from our brief conversation:What are your and Jeffrey’s thoughts on the skid?
“Obviously we are going through an unprecedented bad stretch and we are disappointed. But as quickly as things have gone bad, we are hoping they can get good again.”

Is there any pressure on manager Edwin Rodriguez or are you confident that he can get them out of this?
“I think there’s… There’s, you know… Yes, I am confident we have the ability to get out of this. We’ll just have to see how we do it. You hear this from us every year: Everyone is always evaluated every day, always.”

You dismissed the hitting coach a week ago. Is there any reason to suspect Edwin’s job is on the line?
“It’s not something that I have pondered with (owner) Jeffrey (Loria). I can’t really say that… I can’t really say, to be honest with you…

“Listen, Larry (Beinfest) and I are talking every day. Larry is talking with his baseball people. We’re trying to figure out what the best thing we can do, how we can get this turned around. Obviously, it got sour very quickly. I’ve never seen something turn as quickly, so we’ve got out figure out what, if anything, needs to be done.”

What do you think needs to be done?
“I think the players need to play better, I think the manager needs to manage better and I think the GM needs to general manage better and the president needs to be more presidential.”